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Sunday, May 27, 2018

Sri Varadha Rajar Brahmothsavam starts today : 2018

The city of Kanchipuram,
now famous for silks, was the seat of learning in the ancient languages of
Pali, Sanskrit and Tamil. It thrived in architecture, knowledge, ethics
and a great spiritual town housing so many Temples. It is also the place
where alongside Saiva and Vaishnava temples, Jainese and Buddhist viharas
too prospered. It was the seat of the famous Pallava kingdom.

Today 27th May
2018 starts the Brahmothsavam of Lord
DevapPerumal ~ Devathi Rajar, also known as Varadharajar at Thirukachi. Lord
Brahma himself initiated this brahmothsavam, which is ritualistically followed
in all Sri vaishnava temples.For Sri
Vaishnavaites, the temple of Lord Varadharaja is ‘Perumal Kovil’ located in vast
expanse of 22acres in Chinna (small) Kanchipuram on the Kanchipuram
- Chengalpet -Madras road. There are two big Gopurams - the Eastern
Gopuram built by Krishnadeva Raaya and the Western temple tower built earlier
by the Pallavas. Later, several rulers contributed to the renovation of this
temple. Several beautiful sculptures can be seen at this temple.

This Uthsavam assumes great
significance as this was started by Brahma himself. The
Moolavar at this Thirukovil is on a small hillock 10m tall on array of 24 steps, termed "Hasthagiri" –
giving darshan in a standing posture. There are murals of the late
Vijayanagara empire found on the ceiling. The thayar’s name is Perundevi
thayar.

Today, the annual
brahmothsavam of Lord Varadha Rajar started at Thiruvallikkeni too. Here
at Thiruvallikkeni, the purppadus are on
evenings only, save Garuda sevai on Tuesday 29th May 2018 .
Here are some photos taken during today’s purappadu at Thiruvallikkeni.In the goshti it was Muthal thiruvanthathi of
Poigai azhwar.

வாய்அவனைஅல்லதுவாழ்த்தாதுகையுலகம்*

தாயவனைஅல்லதுதாந்தொழா - பேய்முலை

நஞ்சூணாகவுண்டான்உருவோடுபேரல்லால்*

காணாகண்கேளாசெவி.

~ astounding words of
faith in Muthal Thiruvanthathi. Poigai Azhwar speaks of Lord Krishna who
strolled on Earth as a child, drank poison with relish from the breasts of
ogress… Alwar proclaims that his hands will salute none other than Him; lips
shall not extol anybody else; eyes will not see – other than His form ~ and
ears would not hear anything other than the name(s) of Sriman Narayana.

The last two photos
are of Sri Deva Perumal of Thirukachi , courtesy my friend Sri Thirumalai
Vinjamoor Venkatesh.